Combination collar button and tie holder



S- 1 v w. f. 'SCHERER 1,820,762

COMBINATION COLLAR BUTTON AND TIE HOLDER Filed Aug. 4. 1930 INVENTOR: WWW/7755606;

ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 25,

UNITED. STATES PA ENT OFFICE WILLIAM F. SCHERER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI COMBI ATION COLLAR BUTTON Ann TIE 30113123 I Application filed August 4, 1920. Serial No. 472,863.-

able the tie to be attached in wearing position by a practically instantaneous movement, and also permit of a certain degree of adjustment of the tie into fastened position.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel device in this class of fastening devices, one important feature of which is its construction whereby'it serves to prevent any turning movement of the tie out of proper wearing position.

, H With the foregoing general objects in view, 2 the invention willnow be described by reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a practical and serviceable construction for embodying the proposed improvement, after which those features and combinations deemed to be novel will be particularly set forth and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecollar button portion of the device, including its :shank portion;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the other portion of the device, which serves as a tie mounting;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of said two parts in assembled relation;

Figure 4 is a plan view illustrating a bow tie with the tie mounting member partly secured thereto, but with the middleband por tion of the tie left unsecured;

Figure 5 is a similar view, but showing the middle band portion of the tie completely secured in permanent position; and a Figure 6 is a sectional detail, illustrating the fastening device in operative position for securing a bow tie to the'neek band and collar of the shirt.

Referring now to said drawings in de-- of suitable fiat spring material 7 (such as,

metal or celluloid), looped or folded, so to provide aresiliently expansive const1L'uc-- tion, as represented in Figure 1. For the tie mounting member of the device, Iprovide a flat'tubular element 8, of similar resilient naterial, for frictional telescoping engagement with theshank portion 7 i of the first member, and thus adapted to be secured in any desired adjusted positionthereon.

One end of the element 8 is formed with a set of transverse lugs or flanges 9, and its other end'is formed with a pair oflip flanges 10 for engagement with the collar tabs 12 when pressed into Wearing position, as represented in Figure 6. I l i In attaching the tie 14 to the tie mount' ing member, the rear middle portion 15 of the tie is placed flat against the lugs 9 and then stitched thereto as indicated at 16 in Figure 4:; then the bow band 17 is folded over at both ends against the'opposite sides of the tubular portion 8, and likewise stitched to the lugs 9, as indicated at 18 in Figure 5.

By this means, I secure a mounting structure in which the fiat tubular element 8 isin alinement withthemain'horizontal or longitudinal dimension of the tie 14:, so that when the mounting is slipped over the shank 7 there is no opportunity for rotative' movement afforded the tie or its mounting, and it is thereby kept from turning in either direction out of its proper horizontal or wearingposition.

This is assured by the further fact that the shank 7 is insertedflatwise through the usual horizontal slits 20 provided as button holes in the neck band 21 and the collar tabs stantially instantaneous movement, over'the shank portion of the collar button member.

The frictional gripping action between the 7 parts 7 and 8, when thus telescoped, is ade quate for preventing any casual detachment of the tiefromwearing position, in ordinary use. Moreover, the tubular element 8 is open at both ends, permitting the shank 7 of the collar button member to be projected entirely through the tubular element 8, or to Whatever extent the wearer desires, accord ing to how snugly he wishes to fasten the parts. This provides an adjustable range of attachment, the wearer applying the tubular element 8 COnStitllting the tie mounting to the shank 7 and. pushing the part backward until the flange portions-lfl'engage the collar tabs, after which the wearer can complete the adjustment by pushing the tie and its mounting to whatever further extent he desires, up to the point of compressing the neck band and collar tabs tightly together, as shown in Figure 6. An important feature of the invention is the horizontalfiat construction of the shank 7 of the collar button member and the tubular element 8, which insures that the tie will remainperm'anently inproper horizontal wearing: position, since this flat formation, in combination-with the straight slits ofthe button holes 20, prevents any tendency toward rotative' movement. of either'part of the fastener.

The construction comprising a simple twopiece combination, it is apparent that the cost of an article of this type will be extremely low, and thetie mounting. portion may be left as a permanent part of each individual tie, and these may be interchangeably mounted upon the shank portion 7 of the collar button.

The device is equally well adaptedfor the bow type of tie illustrated, and for other forms of ties which can be attached to the member 8 with the same facility, and'constitute a permanent tie mounting, as abovedescribed.

It will thus be seen-that a practical construction has been provided for carrying out the various-desired objects of the invention,- including the elimination of troublesome rubber bands, hooks, and: other. forms of pointed devices for securing'a tie in posi t-ion, and without any sacrifice of the convenience as well as quickness of operation, which characterize my improved form of at taching means to a high degree.

While I have illustrated and described;

what now appears to be the preferred mode of embodying the improvement in practice, I desire to reserve the right tomaln: whatever changes ()IJ'HOtllfiGiltlODS may fairly fall commodating said shank portion, said passage through said mounting element being open at both ends to permit projection of said shank entirely through the mounting element and thereby allowing movement of said mounting element into tight fitting relation against the collar.

2. A combination collar button'and tie fastener comprising a collar button element having a shank portion formed of a strip or flat spring materiallfolded upon itself intermediate its ends and the latter attached to said buttonelement, and a-fl'at tubular tie mounting element formed with tie-attaching projections at' one end and a collar engaging flange at its other-end, saidtie mountingzelement having a passage therethrough of. asize and shape accommodating the said foldedstrip of spring material .andthe latter having? oppositely bowed portions for adjustable engagement within said passage, saidpassage through said mounting element being. open at both ends to permit projection of said shank entirely through the mounting element and thereby allowing adjustment of saidflange into tight fitting relation against the collar.

In witness whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

l/VILLIAM F. SCI-IERER. 

